Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years (Yale Western Americana)
Jean-Nicolas Perlot • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300076455
Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years (Yale Western Americana)
Jean-Nicolas Perlot • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300076452 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300076455 · 1998
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Jean-Nicolas Perlot’s memoir offers a vivid, firsthand account of the California Gold Rush from the perspective of a Belgian immigrant. Through his keen observations and witty prose, Perlot documents the harsh realities of mining life, the cultural landscape of the American West, and his own transformative journey as an Argonaut.
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